Name: Live at The Ritz – An Acoustic Performance
Brand: Elbow

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Bonus disc: No

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POLF8486098.1

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Black

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Import

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2020-06-26

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Signed copies: No

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Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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602508486098

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Elbow

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Polydor

Elbow is an alternative rock band from Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Formed in 1990 as Mr. Soft and later renamed to Elbow in 1997, the band consists of Mark Potter on guitar and vocals, Pete Turner on bass, Richard Jupp on drums (until 2016), Guy Garvey on vocals and guitar, and Craig Potter on keyboards and vocals.

In their early years, Elbow faced setbacks with a scrapped debut album due to label changes. However, they persevered and released their first EP in 2000 through indie label Ugly Man Records before signing with V2 in 2001.

Their breakthrough came in 2008 when they won the prestigious Mercury Prize for Best British Album for "The Seldom Seen Kid." This recognition solidified their place as one of the leading bands in the UK music scene.

In the week that their eighth studio album, Giants of All Sizes, became their third consecutive UK Number One album, Elbow played a series of special acoustic shows for select audiences in Leeds, Kingston and Manchester. Combining tracks from the new album with songs from their extensive and ever growing back catalogue, the shows offered fans a rare opportunity to see elbow in small venues, with the recordings emphasising the special bond that exists between the band and their fanbase.

The short tour included two sold out, hometown shows at Manchester’s Ritz, a place that looms large in the band’s history, being the site of a legendary headline show on the release of their debut album Asleep in the Back in 2001 that had the Manchester Evening News display their fortune telling skills when they suggested ‘elbow are on the verge of something big’.

The Ritz set reminded fans of that history with versions of both Newborn and Scattered Black and Whites from that debut album alongside versions of Grounds for Divorce from The Seldom Seen Kid, Magnificent (She Says) from Little Fictions and Great Expectations from Leaders of the Free World. As befits an album from a band so intrinsically intertwined with their hometown, the show also saw Guy Garvey quote John Cooper Clarke and pay tribute to various Manchester luminaries lost along the way.

Live at The Ritz – An Acoustic Performance

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